Boca Juniors: Why is the Advíncula and Zambrano team the most questioned in recent times?

Defeats, internal fights and criticisms, that is what the day to day of Boca Juniors. The team where they play Luis Advíncula and Carlos Zambrano, does not pass its best stage. His bad moment was further aggravated after losing 1-0 against Gimnasia for matchday 19 of the Professional League. With this result he said goodbye to the championship and is complicated with the classification to the 2022 Libertadores Cup.

The sea of ​​criticism began to grow since Jorge Ameal, a former ally of Mauricio Macri, won the elections and became the new president of Boca Juniors. His promotion as head of the most winning club in Argentina was thanks to the support of Juan roman riquelme.

Months ago, Boca Juniors he was already beaten. Above all, due to the hard defeat against River Plate at the end of the Liberators cup of 2018. Juan roman riquelme He sought to change the face of the team and contacted players who felt identified with the club.

Brought back to Michelangelo Russo to try to win the Liberators cup. Something that has not been achieved since 2007, precisely from the hand of the Argentine coach they achieved their last star in the most important tournament in our continent.

In his second period with Boca Juniors, Russo achieved the Argentine Super League, the Professional League Cup and reached the semifinals of the Liberators cup all in 2020. The work of the former Alianza Lima coach began to bear fruit. However, this year things did not go as expected.

Boca was eliminated from the Liberators cup in eighths. In the local competition of the first semester he had qualified for the final stage, in second place in his group, and managed to eliminate River Plate on penalties, but fell to Racing in the semifinals by the same route and could not achieve their third local title. And in the new Professional League Tournament he started in the worst way, getting four points out of 18.

Because of these results, they decided to Michelangelo Russo who accepted it to come this year Luis Advíncula as a reinforcement of Boca Juniors.

With the arrival of an inexperienced Sabastián Bataglia the things in Boca began to improve. The team regained confidence. It was classified to semifinals of the Argentine Cup where he will face Argentinos Juniors. But the break came after losing the classic to River Plate. From there they began to criticize and question the coach, players and leaders.

This whole wave of criticism increased when Riquelme He decided to speak with the squad after losing 1-0 to Gimnasia at Bombonera. There was much speculation about what he did Romanian. But it was the same players who made it clear that nothing bad had happened.

“Roman called us, there were some boys on the bus, others were in the locker room, and we just went to talk to him. He gave us his words of support, that we had to recover from what had happened and that we had a very important game to play, that he had total confidence in us. They were words of support and encouragement, he showed us that he was with us, ”said Izquierdoz, Boca captain.

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-WHY IS MOUTH CRITICIZED? –

“Actually, the issue of criticism is related to my way of seeing. What happens is that after so many years of successes from the Bianchi era. Precisely that golden era of Boca, made us understand that it was easy to win a Copa Libertadores, that it was easy to be a champion every year, ”explains Pablo Lisotto, a journalist from La Nación who knows the most about Boca Juniors.

For Lisotto, today everything is criticized Boca Juniors and is required to win the Liberators cup. If that doesn’t happen, nothing works. The year is lost. For the Argentine journalist there is a focus that transcends the sports that is the political. And unfortunately healthy and constructive criticism is mixed with some vested interests.

“Boca has been criticized a lot this year and Boca was champion in January. And after that title there was only one championship that Colón won where Boca reached the semifinals. Now he had a setback that left him out of the race for the title, but it is common sense that Boca is not going to come out every year, “adds Lisotto.

The comment goes the same way Marcelo Antonio Guerrero placeholder image, journalist and columnist in “Muy Boca”. For him, Boca Juniors is required more than the rest. They always have the team Xeneize Under Scrutiny.

“Boca is required more than the rest, it is analyzed under a microscope. Not even the Selection is demanded so much. This year the team won a title and reached three semi-finals. He is criticized as if he were about to go downhill, ”Guerrero told El Comercio.

For the renowned journalist Emiliano PinsónOne of the problems, among the many that Boca Juniors has, is the transition stage that the blue and gold team lives. In addition, it places emphasis on the level of the most experienced.

“There are several issues regarding Boca. Among other things, he is in a moment of transition. Boca is putting a lot of juveniles. Which he practically never did with regard to quantity. There is a technician who is learning, who is taking his first steps. There are players who are not at a good level. That seems to me that makes Boca so irregular, ”Pinsón tells us.

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-THE PERFORMANCE OF PERUVIANS-

For Peruvian football it is very important that a big club like Boca Juniors look at members of the red-white. It is not easy to come and play for this team. Carlos Zambrano and Luis Advíncula they stamped their signature in the midst of a critical economic context experienced by Argentine football.

The economic problem is also part of this problem that lives Boca Juniors. Pablo Lisotto He assures that today it is not a business to play in Argentina and that the club is asked to hire star players, as if they agreed to play in this context.

“Today, Boca cannot buy expensive players, foreign figures. As no team from Argentina can buy it. But nobody says that. The problem is Boca. If Boca does not bring Cavani, they say “what a bad Boca.” Argentine soccer has no money. It is not business to play in Argentina. So you have to understand all that. So as not to focus only on it being the most criticized moment for Boca in recent years, “concludes Lisotto.

About the performance of Carlos Zambrano and Luis AdvínculaIn social networks, Boca Juniors fans are very critical of both players. The truth is that, so far, neither of them has made a difference.

“Zambrano had a hard time adapting. He has said it. He has strong competition in the position. Advíncula already knew the medium, but it also requires time to settle. Today he is a starter due to Weigandt’s injury ”, comments Marcelo Guerrero.

Finally, Emiliano Pinsón He also commented on the performance of both players who were called up to the Peruvian team for the qualifying date. For the journalist, both have a lot of quality.

“As for Advíncula and Zambrano, the Boca fan is looking askance at all the reinforcements. Advíncula has not yet shown all that it can give. Zambrano has had more games and is a player whose quality shows. With so many boys, the level that we know of him in the Peruvian team is confused, ”declared Pinsón.